How can I change the encoding?

Problems with the encoding of characters can be observed in different versions of the Windows operating system. The principle of solving the problem with incorrect encoding the same for different versions of this operating system, but in different versions, the names of windows and tabs of the interface may differ slightly.

For a start, How to change the encoding via the Languages ​​and Regional Standards element in the Control Panel. To open the language change window, you canuse two main methods. First - click on the Start button, select Control Panel in the pop-up menu, and in it - Languages ​​and regional standards. The second is to click the Start button, select Run in the expanded menu, type intl.cpl in the opened line and press Enter.

Opens window for changing the language. To change the character encoding, you need totab Location choose Russia (in Windows 7, this tab can be called simply Location). Then go to the Advanced tab and select Russian as the language used in programs that do not support Unicode. Save the changes by clicking on the OK button.

Also problems with the encoding can be solved by editing the registry, if the previous method did not help. But just want to warn - Inept editing of the registry can lead to problems in the operation of the computer. If you edit something wrong, you may even have to reinstall the operating system. So if you are not sure about the result - contact a specialist.

You can change the encoding in Windows through the registry in two ways. The first way is this change the encoding through the registry editor. To do this, you need to click on the Start button, in theIn the opened menu select Run, type regedit in the opened line and press Enter. In the left part of the window that opens, you will see a tree showing the structure of the registry.

Select the branch calledHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and click on the arrow next to it - the branch will unfold. In the opened list, select the SYSTEM branch, in it - CurrentControlSet, then sequentially - Control, Nls, CodePage. In the list of parameters that opens in the right pane, find parameter 1252, right-click on it and select Modify in the context menu that opens. In the Value data box, type c_1252.nls, and then click OK. You can exit the Registry Editor - you just changed the Windows code page settings. Restart the computer for the changes to take effect..

You can do the same, but in automatic mode. To do this, run the Notepad text editor (it is usually supplied as part of the Windows operating system) and copy the following code into it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlNlsCodePage] "1252" = "c_1251.nls"

Then, on the File menu, click Save As ... (or just Save) and save the file to any folder with any name. The main thing is to save it with the extension .reg. Then run the registry file that you created and answer the question of the system Yes. After that, you need to restart the computer - problems with the encoding should disappear.